verbal learning

the process of learning about verbal stimuli and responses, such as letters, digits, nonsense syllables, or words. The methods used include paired-associates learning and serial learning. Researchers in the verbal learning tradition, influenced by Hermann Ebbinghaus and by associationism, sought to uncover basic laws of learning by studying simple materials under controlled conditions. Compare nonverbal learning.

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estazolam

n. a high-potency, intermediate-acting benzodiazepine used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. U.S. trade name: ProSom.